Dutch Grip Question

Dwight Gruber · 04-24-2005, 07:45 PM

Can anyone provide photos of the markings inside original first-contract Dutch grips? I found a stange pair of grips this weekend which I believe started out as first-contract Dutch, but need something with which to compare.

No photos of these right now, but coming soon.

--Dwight

Vlim · 04-25-2005, 01:52 PM

Hi Dwight,

Scanned the inside of a 1913 DWM. Number 2850. This is the original grip, other one is a coarser GS replacement, marked as such (2850 GS).

This one clearly bears the 2850 number together with a C-style character above it.

Dwight Gruber · 04-25-2005, 10:32 PM

Gerben,

Thank you very much for the scans, you have confirmed what I suspected about a pair of grips I just picked up.

See the "For Sale" forum.

--Dwight

Lugerdoc · 04-27-2005, 10:30 AM

Gerben, Good Photos, but I find it a bit unusual that the serial in your left grip runs from left to right. Most numbered Dutch contract grips that I've seen, have the numbers running from top to bottom. I currently have an orig DWM right side grip marked inside with GS (from left to right) over 8364 runnning from top to bottom. I also have several exc unnumbered Indonesian course checkered right sides available @$25 each and one exc unmarked non-grip safety set for the M23 Dutch @$75. TH

Vlim · 04-27-2005, 01:47 PM

Hi Tom,

Checked the other (replacement) grip and find that the number also runs in the same direction as this grip, with the GS stamp above it.

There is a slight chance that this grip is an earlier DWM-made replacement, but I doubt it.

Dwight Gruber · 04-27-2005, 10:09 PM

Gerben and Tom,

The one original DWM Dutch grip I have--its in the KOL series--is numbered horizontally like Gerben's. In addition, the shape of the "2" seems to be characteristic.

It is true that the coarse-checkered, crude, native-wood grips I have are all numbered vertically.

--Dwight

Vlim · 04-28-2005, 01:25 PM

Hi Dwight,

Well 'almost all', as my coarse replacement grip is stamped like the original one posted here.

04-24-2005, 07:45 PM	#1
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	Dutch Grip Question Can anyone provide photos of the markings inside original first-contract Dutch grips? I found a stange pair of grips this weekend which I believe started out as first-contract Dutch, but need something with which to compare. No photos of these right now, but coming soon. --Dwight

04-27-2005, 10:30 AM	#4
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Gerben, Good Photos, but I find it a bit unusual that the serial in your left grip runs from left to right. Most numbered Dutch contract grips that I've seen, have the numbers running from top to bottom. I currently have an orig DWM right side grip marked inside with GS (from left to right) over 8364 runnning from top to bottom. I also have several exc unnumbered Indonesian course checkered right sides available @$25 each and one exc unmarked non-grip safety set for the M23 Dutch @$75. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]

04-25-2005, 01:52 PM	#2
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Dwight, Scanned the inside of a 1913 DWM. Number 2850. This is the original grip, other one is a coarser GS replacement, marked as such (2850 GS). This one clearly bears the 2850 number together with a C-style character above it.

04-25-2005, 10:32 PM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	Gerben, Thank you very much for the scans, you have confirmed what I suspected about a pair of grips I just picked up. See the "For Sale" forum. --Dwight

04-27-2005, 01:47 PM	#5
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Tom, Checked the other (replacement) grip and find that the number also runs in the same direction as this grip, with the GS stamp above it. There is a slight chance that this grip is an earlier DWM-made replacement, but I doubt it.

04-27-2005, 10:09 PM	#6
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,902 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,318 Times in 431 Posts	Gerben and Tom, The one original DWM Dutch grip I have--its in the KOL series--is numbered horizontally like Gerben's. In addition, the shape of the "2" seems to be characteristic. It is true that the coarse-checkered, crude, native-wood grips I have are all numbered vertically. --Dwight

04-28-2005, 01:25 PM	#7
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Hi Dwight, Well 'almost all', as my coarse replacement grip is stamped like the original one posted here.